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  • Quick-start guide

  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp viii-ix

  • Summary

    How TNW is organized

    Entries are hierarchically classified by subject area to three levels:

  • ■ At the highest level are the Subject Parts, in the order Science, Medicine, Technology;

  • ■ At the next level are the twelve Subject Groupings, six in Science, three each in Medicine and Technology;

  • ■ Each Grouping is then sub-divided into around one hundred Subject Fields.

  • ■ There are also two generic collections of entries: one at the start, describing resources covering the whole of STM (and, in some cases, all disciplines) the other at the end, highlighting tools that are especially valuable for information professionals.

    • Within this structure, descriptions of resources are allocated to one of the subject areas and then placed within one of thirteen Resource Categories:

  • [1] INTRODUCTIONS TO THE SUBJECT

  • [2] DICTIONARIES, THESAURI, CLASSIFICATIONS

  • [3] LAWS, STANDARDS, CODES

  • [4] OFFICIAL & QUASI-OFFICIAL BODIES

  • [5] RESEARCH CENTRES & INSTITUTES

  • [6] ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETIES

  • [7] LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES & MUSEUMS

  • [8] PORTAL & TASK ENVIRONMENTS

  • [9] DISCOVERING PRINT & ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

  • [10] DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE & TEXT COLLECTIONS

  • [11] DIRECTORIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

  • [12] HANDBOOKS & MANUALS

  • [13] KEEPING UP-TO-DATE

    • For around a quarter of the resources, we have appended descriptions of associated or related resources (for example, additional items from the same producer or alternative views of the subject).

    We do not duplicate or cross-reference entries within the set of resource categories for a specific subject area: if a resource description could equally well be placed within two (or more) categories, it will usually appear in the category earliest in the sequence. However, we do frequently cross-reference (but not duplicate) resource descriptions between different subject areas.

    Entries, including cross-referenced entries, appear alphanumerically by title within each resource category. Where a resource has a particular area or country focus that is not apparent from its title, we have added a geographical indicator.

    The TABLE OF CONTENTS lists all the subject parts, groupings and fields, as well as the two generic sections, in the order in which they appear in the volume.

    The TOPIC INDEX provides alphabetical access to the subject headings used for the subject fields and groupings. It also lists more detailed and alternative subject headings to the ones chosen for the subject fields, indicating where commonly sought topics are located within our subject structure (for example, ‘Global warming’ takes you to entries located in Meteorology & Climatology).

  • 5 - Evaluation and dissemination

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 73-92

  • Summary

    Introduction

    This chapter is concerned with project evaluation and methods of disseminating the outcomes of the project. A formal project evaluation process is often required by the funders or sponsors of projects and, in all types of projects, they are an important means of learning from the experience. Individuals working on small, local projects may feel pressurized to move on to the next project as soon as their current one is complete but if they fail to reflect on and evaluate their work then there is the danger that mistakes will be repeated and lessons not learned. It is common practice to disseminate the outcomes of a project both as a means for gaining publicity for the project and ILS and also to help share good practice and lessons learnt within the library and information profession. Dissemination of the outcomes of the evaluation process is considered in the second part of this chapter, which covers reports, conference papers and presentations, and websites.

    Project evaluation

    An important part of the project completion process is the project evaluation, which is carried out for a number of different reasons. As a management tool it enables the project manager and others to identify their effectiveness, areas of strength and weakness, and lessons for the future. The outcomes of the evaluation process such as reports may be used to disseminate good practice and lessons learnt within the information and library community. In this way they can act as a marketing tool and also as a means of career progress for individuals. The funders or sponsors of projects will normally require some kind of evaluation process to be carried out. Finally a user group or other agency may become involved in evaluating the project.

    The project evaluation process involves finding answers to questions such as:

  • • Did the project achieve its outcomes?

  • • Did the project achieve any unexpected outcomes?

  • • Did the project manage to be on time and within budget, and to produce work to the required quality?

  • • What was the impact of the project on customers, colleagues and other stakeholders?

  • • What was the impact of the project on other library systems and services?

  • Appendix B - Resources

  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 190-190

  • Summary

    Audit Commission (1998) A Fruitful Partnership: ‘Effective Partnership Working’, London, Audit Commission Management Paper.

    Brown, M. (1998) Successful Project Management in a Week, 2nd edn, London, Hodder and Stoughton.

    Burke, R. (2003) Project Management. Planning and control techniques, 4th edn, Chichester, Wiley.

    CCTA (2002) Managing Successful Projects with Prince 2, Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, London, HMSO.

    Fisher, K. and Fisher, M. D. (2001) The Distance Manager, New York, McGraw-Hill.

    Gallacher, C. (1999) Managing Change in Libraries and Information Services, London, ASLIB/IMI.

    Leigh, A. and Walters, M. (1998) Effective Change: 20 ways to make it happen, 2nd edn, London, CIPD.

    Lock, D. (1992) Project Management, 5th edn, Aldershot, Gower. MacLachlan, L. (1996) Making Project Management Work for You, London, Library Association Publishing.

    Maitland, I. (2000) Budgeting for Non-Financial Managers, Harlow, Pearson.

    Maylor, H. (1996) Project Management, London, Pitman Publishing.

    Pugh, L. (2000) Change Management in Information Services, Aldershot, Gower.

    Slack, N., Chambers S. and Johnston, R. (2000) Operations Management, 3rd edn, London, Financial Times/Prentice Hall.

    Turner, J. R. (ed.) (2003) Contracting for Project Management, Aldershot, Gower.

    Turner, J. R. (ed.) (2003) People in Project Management, Aldershot, Gower.

    Wren, A. (2003) The Project Management A–Z, Aldershot, Gower.

    Young, T. L. (1998) The Handbook of Project Management: a practical guide to effective policies and procedures, 2nd edn, London, Kogan Page.

  • Medicine

  • from MEDICINE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 387-398

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Biomedical platforms: realigning the normal and the pathological in late-twentieth-century medicine

    P. Keating and A. Cambrosio MIT Press, 2003, 544pp. $55.00. ISBN 0262112760.

    Interesting sociologically-based review of the coming together of biological and medical approaches to form ‘biomedicine’. Useful offset to dichotomies underpinning science/technology, basic/applied, as well as biology/medicine itself. Notes and references pp 341–525.

    Calculus for biology and medicine

    C. Neuhauser See entry no. 1896

    Dicing with death: chance, risk and health

    S. Senn Cambridge University Press, 2003, 251pp. £14.99. ISBN 0521540232.

    Explanation of how statistics determines many decisions about medical care, from allocating resources for health, to determining which drugs to license, to cause-and-effect in relation to disease.

    ‘[a] remarkable achievement … In a slim paperback that is best read cover to cover. Stephen Senn has attempted to do for medical statistics what Stephen Hawking did for physics in A Brief History of Time … And Simon Singh did for pure mathematics in Fermat's Last Theorem. I think he has succeeded.’ (British Medical Journal)

  • ■ Medical statistics from A to Z: a guide for clinicians and medical students B.S. Everitt Cambridge University Press, 2003, 230pp. £20.99. ISBN 0521532043. Aims to provide non-technical definitions; with most entries having background reading which – where possible – involves ‘medical rather than statistical journals and introductory statistical texts rather than those that are more advanced’.

    • Essential medical statistics

    B.R. Kirkwood and J.A.C. Sterne 2nd edn, Blackwell Science, 2003, 501pp. £22.95. ISBN 0865428719.

    Successfully builds on the strength of the 1st edn by ‘keeping the emphasis on enabling the reader to know which method to apply when’. Responds to growth in use of ITbased techniques by covering methods formerly considered too advanced for an introductory text. Very well written and laid-out.

    ‘the breadth of coverage of the book is excellent … a rather different approach to teaching medical statistics.’ (Statistics in Medicine)

    ‘This book is statistically correct. That is enough to distinguish it from most of its competitors.’ (British Medical Journal)

  • ■ The Cambridge dictionary of statistics in the medical sciences B.S. Everitt Cambridge University Press, 1995, 274pp. £20.99. ISBN 0521479282. 2000 simple definitions and explanations of statistical concepts, especially those used in biomedicine.

  • 8 - The people side of projects

  • from Part 3 - Projects and people
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 129-148

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The purpose of this chapter is to explore the people side of projects. Nowadays library and information workers may find themselves working in a variety of team situations ranging from small in-house teams through to multi-skilled teams and collaborative teams made up of workers from a variety of professions and organizations. The latter type of team is particularly found in partnership working and is considered in more detail in Chapter 9.

    This chapter explores the people side of projects from the project manager's or co-ordinator's perspective. It starts by considering the fundamental requirements for project workers such as the need for a good-quality working environment and basic human resource management practices. The chapter then considers strategies for managing the team, including the characteristics of effective teams, getting started, life of teams, team roles, effective team working, challenging situations and reviewing team work. This is followed by a section that explores working across different cultures, for example with people from other countries or cultures, from different organizations or generations. Increasingly library and information workers are involved in working in virtual teams and the realities of virtual team work are explored and guidance given for project managers. Finally, the chapter explores the project manager's role in managing the people side of change that arises from the project.

    Fundamental requirements for project workers

    Chapter 2 outlines the different types of information workers (contract and permanent staff) who may be involved in working on the project. Many projects employ short-term contract staff and it is vitally important to ensure that they have access to a range of essential working requirements and services. These include:

  • • appropriate working environment, e.g. desk, computer with internet connection, Telephone

  • • relevant organizational information, i.e. information about the employing organization, the ILS, the project

  • • copies of organizational policies, e.g. equal opportunities policy, bullying and harassment policy, use of ICT and e-mail policy

  • • personnel information, e.g. contract, details about policies and procedures relating to holidays, sick leave, pensions.

  • Chemistry

  • from SCIENCE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 201-228

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The art of chemistry: myths, medicines, and materials

    A. Greenberg Wiley-Interscience, 2003, 357pp. $69.95. ISBN 0471071803.

    ‘Employs 187 figures (including 16 full-color plates) to illuminate 72 essays on the mythical origins, wondrous experiments, and adventurous explorers in the annals of chemistry.’

    ‘suitable as a gift for either a chemist or a … student … or as a reference book for a chemistry teacher … A useful visual compendium … captures the joy of collecting chemical images.’ (Journal of Chemical Education)

    Basics of chemistry

    R. Myers Greenwood Press, 2003, 373pp. $75.00. ISBN 0313316643.

    Good introduction for those starting out with chemistry, developing principles and concepts from discussions of everyday experiences, historic scientific discoveries, and laboratory experiments,

    Series: Basics of the Hard Sciences.

    Candid science I: conversations with famous chemists

    I. Hargittai Imperial College Press, 2000, 528pp. £21.00. ISBN 1860942288.

    35 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel Laureates, talk about their lives in science, their careers, aspirations, hardships, triumphs. Includes Pauling, Hoffman, Kroto, Olah. Candid science II is conversations with famous biomedical scientists. ‘István Hargittai … is brilliant at drawing his subjects out, tactfully asking them the right questions and thus providing us with an insider view of what chemistry in the 20th century has been like … these people are extraordinarily successful chemists, and enthusiasts for it. They make the book delightful to browse. Maybe it will, as it should, produce enthusiasts in its turn; it should be on everyone's bedside table.’ (Chemistry & Industry)

  • ■ Candid science III: more conversations with famous chemists 2003, 520pp. £21.00. ISBN 1860943373.

    • Chemical explanation: characteristics, development, autonomy

    J.E. Earley; New York Academy of Sciences 2003, 370pp. $130.00. ISBN 1573314560.

    Papers in this volume address: relations between macroscopic and microscopic description; essential roles of visualization and representation in chemical understanding; and historical questions involving chemical concepts, impacts of chemical ideas on wider cultural concerns.

    Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V. 988. Based on the sessions of the Sixth Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry.

  • 1 - Introduction

  • from Part 1 - Introduction
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 3-14

  • Summary

    The purpose of this chapter is to introduce project management in the context of information and library services (ILS) and to introduce this book. This chapter considers the following topics:

  • • What is a project? Different types of projects.

  • • What is project management? Its benefits and challenges. Different approaches to project management. Project management in ILS.

    • It also supplies an overall introduction to the book and an overview of the individual chapters.

    This book

    The aim of the book is to provide a practical guide to library and information workers who are involved in project work either as a project manager or as a member of a project team. Project work is widespread in all types of library and information units, and typical projects range from developing a new information service, moving a library and digitization to introducing a new staff development programme. Projects may be relatively small and simple, for example involving one or two members of staff working on the same team, or large and complex ones involving people working in multi-professional teams. Complex projects sometimes involve working across different boundaries – professional, organizational, geographical, or working with new and developing IT systems. ILS workers often carry out these projects alongside their ‘full-time job’ and find that they need to develop new skills and ways of working in order to successfully manage their project as well as their main work role.

    The purpose of this book is to provide a guide and resource to project management within all types of information and library services (ILS). It explores tried and tested methods and techniques for managing projects and this includes paper-based approaches and also the use of project management software. Each chapter is supported by examples from a range of ILS departments and units. These examples provide a ‘feel’ for the realities of project management in today's turbulent environments.

    This book is based on information and knowledge obtained and developed from:

  • • the author's experiences as a project manager in academic and workplace library and information units

  • • her experiences in project work as an independent consultant and trainer

  • • feedback from colleagues attending her project management courses based at ASLIB/IMI in the UK

  • • visits (both real and virtual) to a wide range of library and information services

  • • professional networks and conferences, and also the literature.

  • Information & Communication Technology

  • from TECHNOLOGY
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 672-702

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Chasing Moore's law: information technology in the United States

    W. Aspray, ed. William Andrew, 2004, 208pp. $39.95. ISBN 1891121359.

    Excellent introductory overview to major policy issues in the USA related to information technology. Chapters are: Research and development funding; Telecommunications and computing; Internet governance; Internet use; Computer security and critical infrastructure; Privacy; Intellectual property; Antitrust; Digital divide; Workforce.

    Computer: a history of the information machine

    M. Campbell-Kelly and W. Aspray 2nd edn, Westview, 2004, 400pp. $35.00. ISBN 0813342643.

    Excellent history now extended beyond the development of Microsoft Windows and the Internet, to include open source operating systems like Linux, and the rise again and fall and potential rise of the dot.com industries.

    ‘Terrific! This is the best general history of computing yet written, by two of the field's most prominent historians. Computer is comprehensive, engaging, and a pleasure to read. Aspray and Campbell-Kelley paint the big picture of the information revolution that is affecting all of our lives.’ (David Mindell, MIT)

    Discrete mathematics: elementary and beyond

    L. Lovász, J. Pelikán and K. Vesztergombi See entry no. 488

    Milestones in computer science and information technology

    E.D. Reilly Greenwood Press, 2003, 392pp. $69.95. ISBN 1573565210.

    ‘Using the same approach as the popular Milestones in Science and Technology and Milestones in Health and Medicine, this unique reference features more than 600 concise entries describing the most significant advances in the field of computer science and information technology. Arranged in a convenient A-to-Z format, entries explain topics in a wide variety of categories.’

    ‘[A] very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students. While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today.’ (Communication Booknotes Quarterly)

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    The ACM Computing Classification System: 1998 Version

    Association for Computing Machinery

    www.acm.org/class/1998

    ‘ACM's first classification system for the computing field was published in 1964. Then, in 1982, the ACM published an entirely new system.

  • 9 - Working in partnership

  • from Part 3 - Projects and people
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 149-164

  • Summary

    Partnership is one of the most complex and difficult ways in which to work. When it works even reasonably well, however, it can bring some of the best results for the end-user.

    (Daker, 2003, p.47)

    Introduction

    Library and information workers have always had a tradition of networking and collaborative working, both within the profession and also with other professional groups. In the last decade governments, agencies and organizations have raised the profile of partnership working as they see this as one way of meeting the needs to modernize and develop new approaches to working and delivering services in a complex and rapidly changing environment. A scan of the current ILS literature reveals that many information workers are now involved in developing and delivering a wide range of services through partnerships.

    This chapter will explore the realities of working in partnership and it will focus on five themes: the context for working in partnership, benefits of working in partnership, challenges of working in partnership, processes of working in partnership, and managing the partnership.

    Context for working in partnership

    Sullivan and Skelcher (2002) highlight the rise in collaborative working between the public, private, voluntary and community sectors, and they map out how collaboration is central to the way in which public policy is made, managed and delivered in the UK. Partnership working is currently popular with the UK government where it is seen as an important strategy for tackling complex and interlinked problems such as crime, education, health and housing in our inner cities. Partnership working is one way in which the modernization agenda is being tackled. It involves collaboration with partnerships in health and social care, social inclusion, and education which includes a lifelong learning agenda involving many public and other library and information services. Financial drivers are often used to ensure that the different sectors and agencies work together in partnership to deliver services and products.

    A wide range of partnerships exist and these may be located within a region or country, transnational, e.g. European, or global. Pilling and Kenna (2002) provide an excellent overview of collaborative initiatives in the information world, which covers the UK national and regional perspectives, co-operation in specific fields (higher education, preservation), European and international co-operation, and funding. The following examples show the range and scope of some projects.

  • Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries & Food

  • from SCIENCE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 336-384

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    World agriculture: towards 2015/2030: an FAO perspective

    J. Bruinsma, ed.; Food and Agriculture Organization Earthscan, 2003, 432pp. £35.00. ISBN 1844070077.

    www.fao.org/documents

    Review assessing the worldwide prospects for food and agriculture, including fisheries and forestry, considering the issues at stake over the years to 2015 and 2030.

    Available online: see website.

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    Agricultural Ontology Service: AOS Food and Agriculture Organization

    www.fao.org/agris/aos/default.htm

    Project to develop a tool to help structure and standardize agricultural terminology in multiple languages for use by any number of different systems around the world. Aims to provide a framework for better indexing and retrieval of resources, increased interaction within the agricultural information community, and to contribute to W3C's Semantic Web [q.v.] activities.

    Agrovoc

    Food and Agriculture Organization

    www.fao.org/agrovoc

    Multilingual agricultural thesaurus maintained by FAO. The online version can be searched in seven languages and the whole thesaurus can be downloaded free. New terms can be suggested by e-mail.

    Biotechnology from A to Z

    W. Bains See entry no. 5012

    CAB Thesaurus

    CAB International 5th edn, CABI Publishing, 1999. £150.00. ISBN 0851993664.

    www.cabi-publishing.org

    Widely used thesaurus for the applied life sciences, available in printed and electronic formats; the latter may be used by third parties under licence. An online version, in beta test in 2004, allows searching for individual terms.

    Elsevier's dictionary of agriculture: in English, German, French, Russian and Latin

    T. Tosheva, M. Djarova and B. Delijska Elsevier, 2000, 786pp. €191.00. ISBN 0444500057.

    Multilingual dictionary containing terms in: plant growing and cultivation, processing of agricultural products, soil science, mineral nutrition, fertilizing, plant protection, agrometeorology, biochemistry and physiological characters of plants and animals, forest management and organization, animal breeding, foodstuffs, animal nutrition, veterinary medicine, farm implements and machinery, vehicles, economics and organization of agriculture.

    NAL Agricultural Thesaurus: NALT

    National Agricultural Library 3rd edn, 2004.

    agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/agt.htm

    Excellent online tool for browsing agricultural and biological concepts and terminology, containing some 62,000 terms. Also now available via a WEB SERVICES (SOAP) interface: there is a well written downloadable PDF NAL Thesaurus Web Services Reference Manual.

    Laws, standards, codes

    Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/cgrfa

    A permanent inter-governmental forum aiming to ensure the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic resources for food and agriculture, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use, for present and future generations.

  • Clinical Medicine

  • from MEDICINE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 426-465

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Clinical communication handbook

    M. Piasecki Blackwell Science, 2003, 107pp. £16.95. ISBN 0632046465.

    ‘Communication is a critical skill in clinical practice and sometimes not emphasized in medical education. Effective communication skills ease the pressure in dealing with difficult or even ‘typical’ patients and will make your patients feel more comfortable with you. Clinical Communication Handbook can become an essential part of your physicianpatient education. Learn how to be a better communicator through the use of vignettes, dialog boxes, and evidencebased information.’

    Clinical research coordinator handbook

    D. Norris 3rd edn, Plexus Publishing, 2004, 150pp. $39.95. ISBN 0937548545.

    New edition of established text provides expanded coverage of the CRC duties and regulatory requirements, including new sections on investigator responsibilities, data clarification, and adverse event reporting.

    Concise Oxford textbook of medicine

    J.G.G. Ledingham and D.A. Warrell, eds Oxford University Press, 2000, 2007pp. Foreword by David Weatherall. CD-ROM version available, £39.95. ISBN 0192628704.

    Although a very good, nicely produced introduction and overview, still a large format substantial text. Section headings are: Cardiology; Haematology; Respiratory disease; Gastroenterology; Metabolic disorders; Endocrine disease and the pituitary; Nutrition; Disorders of the skeleton; Rheumatology; Diseases of the skin; Nephrology; Neurology; Psychiatry; Palliative medicine; Infectious disease; Sexually transmitted disease; Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease; Geratology; Forensic medicine.

  • ■ Oxford textbook of medicine D.A. Warrell [et al.], eds 4th edn, Oxford University Press, 2003. £275.00. ISBN 0192629220. Major well written and presented multi-author text. ‘It is an invaluable source of information, well written by experts in their respective fields. It will be the first reference source I choose when questions arise …’ Doody's Journal.

    • Foundations of evidence-based medicine

    M. Jenicek Parthenon, 2003, 392pp. $99.95. ISBN 1842141937.

    Emphasizes the use of formal logic as applied to clinical problems; offers essential definitions, formulae, outlines, flow charts, and checklists useful in health measurement, case and occurrence studies, search for causes, clinical trials, and prognoses.

    Human body systems

    M. Windelspecht, ed. Greenwood Press, 2004. 10 v, $399.95. ISBN 0313331197.

    The circulatory system; The digestive system; The endocrine system; The lymphatic system; The muscular system; The nervous system and sense organs; The reproductive system; The respiratory system; The skeletal system; The urinary system.

  • 11 - Project management skills and training

  • from Part 3 - Projects and people
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 179-184

  • Summary

    Introduction

    Over a decade ago projects were carried out occasionally, often as the result of a change within a local library system or in response to national initiatives. Nowadays they are part of the day-to-day working lives of many information workers and they provide an important force for library and information development and innovation. As shown earlier in this book project work offers an important route to funding both core and developmental activities in libraries and information services. These projects often involve working in new ways within multi-professional teams across traditional boundaries. Many project workers and managers are working on multiple projects.

    Given the current importance of project work it is vital that library and information professionals develop the appropriate set of knowledge and skills to enable them to take part in and successfully lead and manage project work. This chapter focuses on the knowledge and skills required by project managers, and also training and education provision in this area.

    Knowledge and skills required by project managers

    The development of a library and information profession with appropriate knowledge and skills in project management is essential for the future of libraries and information services (both terrestrial and virtual ones) and also the profession. Simon Tanner (2003, p.34), speaking in the context of digital projects, says:

    Managers have to develop skills in the more flexible, competitive regions of project management, systems implementation and fundraising. Whatever the size of the library, there will be technology to implement, and the ability to manage the process has become a key requirement for librarians. The growth in competition for funding means that meting obligations on time and in budget is critical, not just for the task in hand but for future funding prospects as well.

    Tanner identifies the skills and experience required in all next generation managers’ toolkits as:

  • • clear vision

  • • stakeholder studies

  • • feasibility studies

  • • infrastructure survey

  • • matrix of requirements

  • • risk assessment.

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